wombat@urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM (07/07/88)
/* Written 1:50 am Jul 5, 1988 by ericb@hplsla.HP.COM in urbsdc:comp.emacs */ >3) The border of the X-window built by emacs is always highlighted, whether >the mouse cursor is inside of it or not. That's just the way emacs works. I, too, would like to see someone add active/inactive borders to emacs. I don't have the time to do it myself. /* End of text from urbsdc:comp.emacs */ This might be just your window manager. I've been using awm under X11, and the border and mouse go from gray and unfilled to black and filled when I move the mouse into that window. As for the first question (duplicating the gosmacs .emacs_<uid> functionality), you should be able to write a hook to be called on exit that saves the relevant info into a file (to start: buffer-list, the names of the files associated with buffers, (point) for each buffer, (mark) for each buffer, (current-window-configuration), and even buffer contents for buffers not associated with files). Then have your .emacs file check for the existence of such files when start emacs up. It could reconstruct everything, then hand it over to you. "I think you should kill him and eat his brain," Mr. Frostee said quickly. "That's not the answer to *every* problem in interpersonal relations," Cobb said. *Software*, Rudy Rucker Wombat ihnp4!uiucdcs!urbsdc!wombat, wombat@urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM